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BULLETIN 1001, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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LEGEND 



YZARailroad land selected &probably patented'Q^ANational Forest 

 &3E&Railroad land selected but not patented tiziiA/exican land, grant 

 W&State school lands X>2iu\India.ri reservations 



WS&State lands other than school lands \HLHZndian allotments (outside of feserv'n) 

 V4Z&American lumber companys holdings I \ U.SJ?ublic lands 

 WBiPrivate holdings mostly homesteaded 



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Fig. 3.— Diagrammatic tenure map of an area in northwestern New Mexico. 



This portion of the tenure map shows: 



1. The characteristics of the Spanish land grants. 



2. The effects of a checkerboard arrangement of national forest and railroad grant lands. 



3. The effects of the sale of railroad lands to private individuals (black) or corporations (American 



Lumber Co. holdings). 



4. The effect of surrender of railroad lands for lieu land scrip, as shown in the white areas within 



the primary and secondary grant limits at the upper right-hand corner. 



The distribution of the public lands, open for entry, is characteristic for any railroad land-grant area 

 where the land is of low productivity. 



Each of the small squares into which the map is divided represents one section of approximately 610 

 acres. 



